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Joint membership program

joint membership brochure

Nineteen Chapters (state library associations) allow students to join them and ALA for one low price of $35, from now through August 31, 2012. To apply for joint membership, please find your appropriate application below and print out an application (PDF). Applications may be mailed (address is on form) or faxed to (312) 280-4392. At this time it is not possible to apply online for joint membership. (See also A State Association by Any Other Name Is Still a Home to You!)

Need more than one form? Membership brochures are printed on demand, so allow three weeks for printing and delivery. For more details, contact dwood@ala.org.

| Joint Student Membership Program | Joint Membership for Library Support Staff | General Student Membership and Other ALA Membership Forms |

   

Joint student membership program

The American Library Association has joint student membership arrangements with these 18 State Chapters:

If your state association is interested in joint membership, please contact the Chapter Relations Office at dwood@ala.org.

   

Joint membership for library support staff

Are you a library support staff? Join your Chapter and ALA for one low price of $65, from now through August 31, 2012. To apply for joint membership, please find your appropriate application below and print out an application (PDF). Applications may be mailed (address is on form) or faxed to (312) 280-4392. At this time it is not possible to apply online for joint membership.

The American Library Association has library support staff memberships with Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and New York. (Each link is a PDF of the form.)

   

General student membership and other membership forms

Student membership is a special discounted membership available for students engaged in a program of study or certification in MLS/ MLIS, NCATE, or LTA programs for no more than 5 total years of eligibility. This special dues rate is designed to help you access the benefits, networking, and career resources that come with membership. Student Members, whether full- or part-time, are also given the best rates for conference registration, often at discounts as high as 75 percent off. Student Members are eligible to serve on committees, run for office, and participate actively in the work of the association.

Membership in ALA is open to all librarians, library workers, trustees, friends of libraries, and library supporters; libraries and other non-profits; and corporations that serve the library community in the United States and abroad. You are invited to join ALA as a Personal, Organizational, or Corporate member.